Tobias Jonathan von Ansell-Wolff, III (born June 19, 1945, in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American author.
He is best known for his short stories and his memoirs, although he has written two novels (most recently Old School).
Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught classes in English and creative writing since 1997. He also served as the director of ...
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Tobias Jonathan von Ansell-Wolff, III (born June 19, 1945, in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American author.
He is best known for his short stories and his memoirs, although he has written two novels (most recently Old School).
Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught classes in English and creative writing since 1997. He also served as the director of the Creative Writing Program at Stanford from 2000 to 2002.
Prior to his current appointment at Stanford, Wolff taught at Syracuse University from 1980 to 1997. While at Syracuse he served on the faculty with Raymond Carver and was an instructor in the graduate writing program. Authors who worked with Wolff while they were students at Syracuse include Jay McInerney, Tom Perrotta, George Saunders, Alice Sebold, William Tester, Paul Griner, Ken Garcia, and Paul Watkins.
Wolff attended The Hill School (from which he was expelled) after...
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